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CVE-2005-4635

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References